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Jason Katz
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Dallas, TX
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Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy (Creditor Rights); Bankruptcy Reorganization; Appellate.
Admitted: Tennessee (2002); Texas (2003); U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western Districts of Texas; 5th Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Supreme Court.
Education: University of Georgia (B.A. in History, 1997); University of Arkansas-Fayetteville (M.B.A, 1999); University of Arkansas- Fayetteville (J.D., 2002).
Honors:
- Arkansas Law Review, Associate Editor
- National Moot Court Traveling Team
- Board of Advocates, Vice Chair
Background Information:
Mr. Katz maintains a complex commercial litigation, bankruptcy, and appellate practice that covers a wide range of legal matters. He has represented clients in the prosecution and defense of breach of contract cases, represented employers in employment disputes dealing with the enforcement of employment contracts, represented defendants in bankruptcy adversary proceedings involving alleged fraudulent transfer and preference claims, represented debtors in Chapter 11 reorganizations, and represented clients in various appeals in both state court and bankruptcy court.
Significant Representations
- Debtor representation in Chapter 11 reorganization cases. Recent corporate reorganization clients include:
- Representation of numerous clients on recovery of monies owed on an account and/or contract.
- Successful defense of trust client at bench trial where the Court entered a take nothing judgment in favor of the trust.
- Representation of banks in lawsuits on promissory notes, fed actions, and deficiency actions.
- Representation of clients in defense of a variety of claims made in commercial litigation cases.
- Representation of companies with claims in receivership proceedings.
- Representation of produce companies with PACA claims.
- Representation of judgment debtors and collectors in defense and collection of judgments.
Representative Bankruptcy Experience:
- Debtor representation in Chapter 11 reorganization cases. Recent corporate reorganization clients include: bowling alley; hotel; and full service real estate and brokerage Firm.
- Representation of Chapter 7 trustee in adversary pursuing fraudulent and preferential claims.
- Representation of lender in adversary proceeding and objection to exemption proceeding where the Court entered a judgment in favor of the lender and entered an order sustaining the lender’s objection to exemptions.
- Representation of nationwide telecommunications company in defense of preference claims, prosecution of administrative claims and in assumption/rejection of contracts.
- Representation of energy company in bankruptcy cases by filing of proof of claims, handling all utility issues, assumption/rejection of contracts, and payment of administrative claims.
Representative Appellate Experience:
- Representation of waste management company in defeating a petition for writ of mandamus before the Dallas Court of Appeals.
- Representation of client in appeal of summary judgment (resulted in the Court of Appeals affirming the trial court).
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